The Vatican is under pressure to let more employees work from home as its offices remain open two weeks after the Italian government ordered Italians home and shut down all non-essential businesses in an urgent attempt to contain the coronavirus. On the same day the Vatican confirmed four positive cases, Vatican employees in three different … Read more
Spain has today overtaken China to record the world’s second-highest death toll from coronavirus. Spanish officials reported 738 new deaths today, the country’s biggest daily jump so far, taking the total from 2,696 to 3,434. The figure is now higher than the 3,285 people who have died in mainland China, where the outbreak began in … Read more
Italy’s dramatic rise in coronavirus cases has sparked fear for what lies ahead for the United States as the World Health Organization warned the US could soon become the global epicenter of the pandemic. The death toll in the United States increased to 628 on Tuesday while the number of infections rose to 50,075. Italy … Read more
Italy’s daily COVID-19 death toll shot back up today, but more evidence emerged that the coronavirus infection rate is slowing thanks to a painful national lockdown. Three weeks into a lockdown restricting movement across the country, Italy’s daily bulletin about its COVID-19 outbreak added thousands more cases, pushing the nation’s overall total to more than … Read more
The number of coronavirus-related deaths and cases in Italy is now showing signs of a potential decrease as the World Health Organization warns the US could soon become the global epicenter of the pandemic following a ‘very large acceleration’ in infections. Italy’s dramatic rise in coronavirus cases has been feeding the fear of what possibly … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Linda Lusardi has praised the ‘amazing’ National Health Service after being cared for by medical staff following her coronavirus diagnosis last week as her husband Sam Kane revealed she ‘still has a long way to go’. The former glamour model, 61, revealed that she keeps bursting into tears over the care she was shown by … Read more
Linda Lusardi has been ‘taken to death’s door’ after developing coronavirus symptoms, her husband Sam Kane confirmed on Monday. Sam, 51, posted on Facebook, begging the public to take the self isolation and self distancing rules seriously as he said: ‘I can’t stress enough that this is not ‘just a flu bug’. I’ve watched this … Read more
More than 70 per cent of Italy’s coronavirus deaths have been among men but scientists there admit they are mystified by the gender gap. At least 3,400 people in Italy have died of the devastating disease – it yesterday announced it had a higher death toll than China – but less than 1,000 of them … Read more
Flu panic for nearly every state as experts warn that the virus has killed more than 30 children and deaths have surged by 65% in the new year New figures from the CDC show that 9.7 million people have fallen ill and 87,000 people have been hospitalized Since January 1, 4,800 people have died, marking … Read more